we have an ast nom cal high tide. it's going to lead to a nine to ten foot storm surge. we will see historic wind damage with winds up to 80 miles per hour. as we go into tuesday, yes, the worst is over but we are looking at sustained winds up to 40 miles per hour, gusts up to 60. more rain falls tuesday. it will take days for the power crews to get up and clean up the power outages. >> thanks so much. michelle franzen is live right now in the mandatory evacuation zone in lower manhattan area. it's battery park. it's what's considered in zone a. michelle, explain, have you seen more people trying to pack up and get out? >> reporter: we have, thomas, in the last few hours. battery park city sits at the southern tip of lower manhattan. it's a residential area. a lot of wall street here. you have tourist areas where people catch the cruises to go out to the statue of liberty. staten island and low lying areas fit into the category of zone a that mayor michael bloomberg said is evacuating. nearly 400,000 people are told to leave homes and hotels in the area. there are 76 eva